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See also Indexes and full text databases and Statistical databases.

Key Resource

ELDIS
"ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources." Concentrates on providing links to full text freely downloadable documents, with thorough abstracts created by Eldis. Also includes:

• Subject Resource Guides
• Regional & Country Profiles

Other Resources

Choike: A Portal on Southern Civil Societies - Southern NGO Web Portal
"A directory of southern Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), grouped in five major thematic fields: the people, society, the environment, globalization and communication." Contains full text documents by CHOIKE and other organisatiions, links to websites on related themes, and reports on campaigns being conducted throughout the world.. Also includes an NGO directory (using Advanced Search it is possible to search the web pages of the sites listed in this directory) and an In-depth reports section.

Development Gateway Portal
Portal, originally conceived by World Bank but now run on not-for-profit basis by partner organisations, for development information and knowledge sharing. Includes:

• DGCommunities. Subject links to documents over the web; also assists information sharing. "Led by experts in the development field. They connect partners, members, organizations and other stakeholders by providing opportunities to exchange knowledge, know-how and opinions". Search and Advanced Search facility.
• AIDA. Directory listing development aid activities.
• DGMarket. Tenders, procurement opportunities, consulting opportunities.
• Country profiles. "Over 50 locally-owned and managed development portals", data and reports.

DFID - UK Department for International Development
"The part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty." The section on DFID funded research includes the Research4Development (R4D) Research Portal, which has a browsable and searchable list at Projects and Programmes.

Global Voices
Translations and reports from blogs and citizen media.

ilissAfrica (Internet library sub-Saharan Africa)
"A portal that offers an integrated access to relevant scientific conventional and digital information resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region. Information scattered on private or institutional websites, databases or library catalogues are brought together in order to facilitate research."

Impact Evaluations Database | 3IE Database
"This database covers impact evaluations conducted in low- and middle- income countries. It summarizes study findings and methodologies for both researchers, and program managers or policy makers, who need evidence on what works, in designing and implementing impact evaluations. The database includes studies that quantify impact using a counterfactual – implicitly or explicitly – with a focus on final welfare outcomes, using qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods. This is a work in progress. It currently features over 200 studies."

Intute
A gateway to Internet resources useful for HE teaching and research work, "created by a network of UK universities and partners". Not maintained since July 2011, but will be available for three years. Several sections are relevant to development studies, including:

• Development Economics (includes Poverty and inequality, Trade and trade policy)
• Development Studies
• Economic Development
• Economic Performance and Development (includes Globalisation, Migration)
• Environment and Sustainability

OneWorld.net
News from over 1,600 organisations concerned with human rights, combatting poverty, and other global issues, plus related resources (e.g. Topic guides, Country guides). Includes OneWorld Partners database, a directory of 1,600 NGOs worldwide "to promote sustainable development, social justice and human rights", browsable by name and searchable by country, area of work, type of organisation and language.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD consists of 30 "developed" countries. It conducts research and provides assistance to "developing" countries. Relevant parts of the site include:

• Topics
  e.g.
  • Development
  • Public Governance and Management
  • Regional, Rural and Urban Development
  • Sustainable Development
• Departments, Directorates, Centres and Agencies
  e.g.
  • Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC)
  • Development Centre
• Statistics Portal
  e.g.
  • Development; especially International Development Statistics online
  • See also Aid statistics and Recommended links for aid statistics from the Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC)
  • See also details of Aid at a glance, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Aid Recipients and International Development Statistics online on the Statistical databases page of the IDS Library website
  • Many OECD statistics also available via ESDS (Economic and Social Data Service) International. Members of the University of Sussex can access this via the Indexes and Journal Collections page of the Sussex Electronic Library (Sussex username and password required).

SciDev.Net
"News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world."

United Nations
Details of UN operations and organisations.

• For links to UN documents (and other bibliographic and textual databases) see the links to UN databases and documents on this site.
• For links to UN statistical databases see the IDS Library Statistics Page and the United Nations Statistics Division website.
• Members of the University of Sussex can find a link to the UN Treaty Collection via the Indexes and Journal Collections page of the Electronic Library (Sussex username and password required).

UNDP Human Development Reports, 1990 onwards
Fron UNDP. Reports 1990-99 also available on one CD in IDS Library; ask at Enquiry Desk.

UNESCO

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
"The principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms ... supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives." Site details USAID's work by topic and region/country. Includes link to the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC), a database of USAID funded technical and program documentation.

World Bank
Details of World Bank activities, including:

• Publications. Access to the Online bookstore and to full text of Documents and reports (this is very useful for tracking down Research papers, etc).
• Data and Research. Statistics and other pieces of World Bank research can be searched and or browsed by Date or Topic or Region/Country or Type/Series.